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Bruce H. Russell II Named 2023 Local Bar Leader of the Year

Posted on 5/24/2023
Bruce H. Russell, the longest-serving president of Southwest Virginia’s Russell County Bar Association, has been awarded the Local Bar Leader of the Year by the Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations (CLSBA).

  

Dominion Energy Law Department Receives Pro Bono Award from Virginia State Bar

Posted on 5/24/2023
The Dominion Energy Law Department has been awarded the 2023 Frankie Muse Freeman Organizational Pro Bono Award.

  

The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia Named 2023 Bar Association of the Year

Posted on 5/19/2023
The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia (APABA-VA) has been named the Bar Association of the Year by the Virginia State Bar Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations (CLSBA).

  

VSB Seeks Comment on Rule Prohibiting Agreements Discouraging Bar Complaints

Posted on 5/19/2023
The Virginia State Bar is seeking public comment on a proposed amendment to Rule 8.4 adding a new paragraph (f).

  

Justice Cleo E. Powell Receives 2023 Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr. Award

Posted on 5/17/2023
The Honorable Cleo Elaine Powell, justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, has been awarded the Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr. Achievement Award, sponsored by the Diversity Conference of the Virginia State Bar.

  

Tamara Moore Awarded the 2023 Virginia Legal Aid Award

Posted on 5/16/2023
Tamara X. Moore, managing attorney of the Culpeper branch office of Legal Aid Works (LAW), has been awarded the 2023 Virginia Legal Aid Award.

  

Elizabeth Faris Receives the 2023 Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award

Posted on 5/15/2023
Elizabeth Faris of the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School class of ‘23 has been awarded the 2023 Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award.

  

Henry P. Custis Jr. Awarded the 2023 Tradition of Excellence Award

Posted on 5/11/2023
Henry P. Custis Jr. of Onancock has received the 2023 Tradition of Excellence Award from the Virginia State Bar’s General Practice Section.

  

Paragraph 13 Clarification of the Term "shall"

Posted on 5/9/2023
On May 9, 2023, the Supreme Court of Virginia amended Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia, Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph 13, regarding the clarification of the term “shall.” Effective immediately.

  

2023 Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting

Posted on 5/9/2023
Join us to celebrate the Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar - June 14-17, 2023.

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